remembrancer

My dreams trace your laugh-lines

and sparkles part grey clouds between light lashes

Fingertips brush…

Challenge the limits you set for yourself

When you were too tired to predict the consequences

Examin…

You've been my faithful companion for so long I can't imagine.....

Not feeling

your sticky sweetnes…

I've been straining to stretch my smile

clenching my cheeks along with my teeth

as sweat soaks my sm…

When my sister was explaining the futility of my expectations

Her favorite line was, "You keep tryin…

I wonder if butterflies ever miss their former self

The sturdy roundness of their skin

Their steady …

Piles of sparkly litter are all that remain of the gifts that are never good enough

The bittersweet…

I've decided to picture a bright future

Where I recapture the brilliance of my youth

And retain the …

Silence echoes through a cacophony of excuses

and pointed fingers we've aimed at each others eyes

A …

Disrespectful

Apathetic

Noisy

Tough

Evil

-

Decent

Astute

Notable

Thoughtful

Effective

-

Lazy

Insipid…

Sleep steadily slips from my aching eyelids

desperate for one more hour of escape

of reflection

of p…

My 15-year-old son hugged me yesterday

My teenage daughter begged me for a bedtime story

My husband …

A shameful smile lurks in the corner

of every fold of fat

and widening waistline

gleefully posted by…

Hey ditty ditty, the cat or the kitty

the cow jumped over the moon

But her heels didn't make it

So s…

Sometimes broken means better

sometimes failure means experienced

means strong enough for the storm

…